Cook County Opinion
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Illinois government has corrupt historyJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Through the years our state has been corrupted by politicians only for greed. It goes back to Mayor Thompson in the days of Al Capone and continues. The backroom boys pi...
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Our elected officials have let us downJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Unemployed Americans - 10 million and growing, $647 billion in real estate losses, $523 billion mutual funds losses, our annual foreign trade deficit $250 billion, natio...
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We've already seen too much on ObamaJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Isn't enough ever going to be enough? Two weeks and every day he was in the paper. We saw his face on the front-page four days in a row before inauguration. Then we have...
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Israel can't negotiate with foes like HamasJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Shafic Budron of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee's letter condemning Israel. He and his committee show their agenda of opposing th...
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Stimulus plan must make real impact nowJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Five hundred thousand jobs lost last month, the Dow Jones industrial average teetering at 8,000, and home prices continuing to plummet - to say our economy is in need of...
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Story stresses value of local farmersJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you The Daily Herald for your feature, "Fundraiser to help victim of cattle rustlers." The story highlights Heritage Prairie Farm and Market's Jan. 31 fundraiser t...
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Is there hope? Or is there fear?Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Did anyone miss the irony of the headlines in a recent Daily Herald? The front page heralded in bold type: Hope over fear. Then the headline on the business page was: Do...
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The end of the world is at handJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Amazing, the Daily Herald, once a conservative, interesting newspaper to read, has become a parrot of the liberalized media of the United States. Yes, we have elected a ...
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Change is needed at General MotorsJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - GMAC created by General Motors primarily to finance auto loans. Highly capitalized they used their power and financed loans. This business was formerly the local banks. ...
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Bush couldn't have left too soonJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - After watching President Bush' second and FINAL farewell speech to the American public on Thursday evening, and hearing his lopsided (in HIS favor) presidential score ca...